So I got two letters yesterday. From the same person. My grandma thought it peculiar and remarked "Funny you getting two letters on the same day from just a friend"
I laughed and explained. The first letter was him freaking out at me, the other, an apology for the previous. So no big deal.
It was interesting, because that used to be me. I used to freak out all the time about our relationship. Now, not so much. I don't know where it's going, but just that honestly, I will be happy and content however it ends up. Patience is something I have had to learn here.
These freak out moments though, teach us a lot. First of all, how we really feel when fears are in full force. And then just what it is that we truly need answered and how it would be if we could have it all the way we want it right now. Not that it's good to have all the answers right when we demand them. But it is good to realize what answers we require. Helps us learn.
Someday all those answers are going to come, but it will be a little bit at a time. Just about the time we need them.
If you, for example, tried to overcrowd a third grade students brain with everything he needs to know for seventh grade, the poor kid would totally not understand basic, fundamental principles he needs right now, to help him with his homework that night. More questions would only be generated and the kid would get disheartened with what he has right in front of him.
Sorry for the teaching analogy, but it's my life.
Cheating or seeing the answers before even figuring out the questions or learning the concept, doesn't help you learn, and makes it so you are now set up for more pitfalls and flunking. Just how it works.
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